The Mysore City Corporation is targeting women to effectively handle the solid waste generated daily. The corporation took women leaders, including women corporators, to the sewage farm at Vidyaranyapuram, the …

British national Jodie Underhill, 35, is pledged to “leave nothing but footprints” as she leads a team of volunteers to set up waste disposal pits at Chamba district ahead of …

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Chennai based East Coast Christian Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Neelankarai has won the Green Schools of India Award, 2011, for its active environmental conservation activities. The school has been …

Tonnes of garbage were recently removed in Chennai city as part of a massive cleaning drive announced by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. During the cleanliness drive, 1884 metric …

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While Anna Hazare supporters went euphoric when he broke his 13-day-old fast, the Ramlila ground silently bore the brunt as garbage and filth were left strewn around the venue. Empty …

Citizens who are caught littering in Ahmedabad will have to cough up a hefty fine of र5000 for littering in the streets. The City Municipal Corporation has planned to scale …

With more than four LEED Platinum buildings to its credit, Adobe Systems, Incorporated, USA, has adopted green cleaning methods in keeping with the certification.

The Indian automobile industry, ranked seventh largest in the world today, owes its growth to the increased presence of world auto giants who have ventured into this flourishing market. Further, with sourcing parts from India being 10-20% cheaper for US auto makers and about 50% cheaper for their European counterparts, over the decade, several car companies are investing in India. This includes the US automakers General Motors and Ford, Germany’s BMW and DaimlerChrysler AG, France’s Renault, Japan’s Suzuki, Toyota and Honda and South Korea’s Hyundai.

Along side this growth, the automotive and ancillary units have made tremendous progress, to the extent that India has become an attractive outsourcing destination for global auto companies because of its strong engineering skills and low costs. With international companies having set shop in India, the necessity for mechanised cleaning in each of the segments of this industry — automobile, ancillary, filling stations and workshops — has grown appreciably. Mohana M speaks to various manufacturers, dealers and service providers to understand the increasing requirement of mechanised cleaning in the automotive industry.

Over the last two years, there has been many corrections made in the practices and it has been realized that one can be more efficient. Major improvement came with people …